On Mar 18, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2011-03-18, peter <peter.mos...@talk21.com> wrote: >> The Old Testament (1 Kings 7,23) says ... "And he made a molten >> sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round >> all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty >> cubits did compass it round about. ". So pi=3. End Of. > > RIIIIIIght. What's a cubit?
I use cubits all the time. The distance from my elbow to my finger tips equals one cubit. When you don't have a proper measuring tape, it can be pretty accurate for comparing two measurements. Kee Nethery -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
